Flying Eagles face Ghana in African Youth Championship semis

Mar 15, 2015 23:21:00
Nigeria U20 will take on Ghana in the semi final of the 2015 African Youth Championship holding in Senegal on Wednesday. The Black Satellites finished Group B as runners up after bowing 1-0 to Mali in their last group game played on Sunday evening.

Group B winners Mali will face hosts Senegal in the other semi final pairing to be played on Wednesday at the Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar.

The quartet has qualified to represent the continent at the Fifa U20 World Cup in New Zealand in June.

In the build up to this championship, Manu Garba’s team defeated the Ghanaians 2-0 after playing out a 2-2 draw in their first leg of a two-legged friendly played in Ghana.